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List of Illustrations vii Introduction xiii MARCIA B. HALL 1. Current Techniques in the Scientific Examination of Paintings 3 J.R.J. VAN ASPEREN DE BOER 2 The Historian and the Conservator 7 JOHN SHEARMAN 3 Technical Aspects of Some Paintings by Raphael in the National Gallery, London 15 JOYCE PLESTERS 4 Nouvelles analyses résultantes de l'étude et de la restauration des Raphaël du Louvre 39 SYLVIE BÉGUIN 5 La Grande Sainte Famille de Raphaël du Louvre: La restauration, occasion de recherche et contribution technique à l'histoire de l'art 49 SÉGOLÈNE BERGEON Appendice: La Grande Sainte Famille de François Ier: Remarques sur la technique picturale 54 JEAN-PAUL RIOUX 6 The Restoration and Scientific Examination of Raphael's Madonna in the Meadow 57 WOLFGANG PROHASKA 7 The Examination of Raphael's Paintings in Munich 65 HUBERTUS VON SONNENBURG 8 Paintings by Raphael in the Palazzo Pitti, Florence 79 MARCO CHIARINI 9 Analyses of Wood from Italian Paintings with Special Reference to Raphael 85 PETER KLEIN AND JOSEF BAUCH 10 Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-Century Marble Incrustations in Rome: The Chigi Chapel 93 PRISCILLA GRAZIOLI MEDICI CONTENTS

11 Raphael and Raphaelesque Paintings in California: Technical Considerations and the Use of Underdrawing in His Pre-Roman Phase 99 BURTON B. FREDERICKSEN 12 Raphael's Cartoons for the Vatican Tapestries: A Brief Report on the j Materials, Technique, and Condition "111 JOYCE PLESTERS 13 A Technical Examination of Raphael's Santa Cecilia with Reference to the Transfiguration and the Madonna di Foligno 125 RAFFAELLA ROSSI MANARESI 14 Raphael's Portrait of Bindo Altoviti 135 CAROL CHRISTENSEN 15 Restoration of the Madonna of the Oak and Conservation of Raphael's Paintings in the Prado 141 RAFAEL ALONSO 16 La Trasfigurazione e la Pala di Monteluce: Considerazioni sulla loro tecnica esecutiva alla luce dei recenti restauri 149 FABRIZIO MANCINELLI Appendice: Le sezioni di colore della Pala di Monteluce 161 NAZZARENO GABRIELLI

General Index 165 Raphael Index 170 Plates (following page 170)